AN: A little something for Gratsu Week since I haven't written them romantically just yet. Short, cute, angsty. Yup, that's the type of story we all need! Happy Gratsu Week!
Title: Safe and Sound
Rated: K+
Word Count: 556
Standard disclaimers apply.
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He was lost,
Yet I was found,
Safe and sound
Safe and Sound
I lay in his bed tonight like I have every other night since Gray's disappearance. It has been half a year since he had left the guild, in a panic and rushed. Yet, I could still just barely smell the scent of him on the sheets of his bed, every day growing more worried. Missing him like the sun missed the moon.
Look at me, I'm turning into Lucy. All poetic and mushy.
It's not like I liked him. Hell! That bastard?! Hah!
…..
What a lie…
I do love him, even Erza knows. But how could I not?
He was my moon, the opposite of me in every aspect. But he was missing… Gone…
Was he even alive anymore?
That thought clenched at my heart, ripped my throat out as I struggled not to cry.
Gray..? Dead..?
"NATSU! Get a hold of yourself!" I screamed, shutting my eyes tight as the tears rolled away.
I covered my ears, trying to keep those horrible thoughts out of my mind. I let out an ear splitting cry, the hurt in my body only rising.
"He's not dead. He's not dead." I repeated like a mantra, my hair knitted in first. The same hair he teased me with, saying pink was too girly.
The memories resurfaced then. Every fight. Every contest. Every argument. Every action.
Everything.
They were all just different ways to gain his attention. Tell him I loved him without having to do anything.
"Gray…" I whimpered, falling limp on the mattress.
"Natsu…" Happy sat beside me, paws on my back.
"I'm fine, Happy…"
"No, you're not…"
"…"
"Natsu…"
That was the last I heard from Happy for the night, sleep consumed me in darkness. The same darkness I've lived since he last left.
.
.
.
.
"You have to do something about Natsu! He's not okay!"
"Shh! Happy! You're going to wake him!"
"You have to do something! Please! Help Natsu!"
"Sheesh! Calm down, Happy… Everything's going to be okay…"
I stirred at the sound of voices in the room, smelling a new scent, but one still familiar.
My nose crinkled as I felt another body sit beside me on the bed, patting my hair.
"Mmm, Gray?" I mumbled, groggily, my eyes trying to adjust to the dark.
"I'm home…" The voice spoke again, comforting this time. So familiar.
As I opened my eyes fully, I saw a face. A face I thought I would never see again.
His dark eyes staring back at mine, ebony hair just barely hiding the scar on his forehead, and the same awkward smile he always had when nervous.
"Gray..?"
"Natsu…"
I couldn't see again, I was crying. But this time out of happiness.
In the heat of the moment, I threw my arms around him, wailing as I let nonsense slip form my mouth.
"You damn stripper! I missed you! I thought you wouldn't come back! I love you! I love you… Don't ever leave me alone again…"
I clutched to his chest, the sudden realization of what I said stunned me. In a moment, I knew I was going to be pushed away, yelled at and rejected.
None of that came though, I felt his arms wrap around me, bringing me closer as he kissed my temple.
"I love you too, and I won't ever leave."